Cheap thrills (was Re: Interiority? Or inter-relatedness?)

Raymond wrote:

> RaaN:
>
> >Raymond:
>
> >> "ltlee1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
":
>
> >> >The self is like an arrow in flight. If we look at it at any time,
it
> >> >is an illusion and can be dropped. But this is also an illusion.
>
> >> How can the realization of illusion be an illusion itself?  Is the
> >> dreamer still dreaming when he wakes up? or has the dreamer waken up
> >> yet?
>
> >It can be an illusion itself if realization is also illusory and
> >awakening is like a lucid dream rather than any actual awakening so
> >the dream persists despite a dream realization that it is a dream.
> >One might be awake but on LSD and think one is having a waking dream.
> >So what then is awakening at all but another delusion?
>
> Since cheap awakening is a dime a dozen in this day and age, who
> cares?
>
> :-)

On the theory of the universal Buddha-nature,
awakening is basic and universal, therefore it
is not just a dime a dozen but flat-out free. It
is the default, inalienable state, which we could
not drive away if we wanted to.

Even so, why bother, especially about
distingui****ng between awakening and delusion
or whatever? Better just relax and be serene.
Actually, such a blasé attitude would be
perfectly at home with the Buddha-nature,
wouldn't it? The Buddha-nature would be
inherent to it, like built-in, wouldn't it? They
would fit each other like hand and glove,
wouldn't they?

Tang Huyen